Numbers 21:23–30

²³But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^h He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,ⁱ he fought with Israel.^{j 24}Israel, however, put him to the sword^k and took over his land^l from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^m but only as far as the Ammonites,ⁿ because their border was fortified. ²⁵Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^o and occupied them,^p including Heshbon^q and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶Heshbon was the city of Sihon^r king of the Amorites,^s who had fought against the former king of Moab^t and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^u

²⁷That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;

let Sihon’s city be restored.

²⁸“Fire went out from Heshbon,

a blaze from the city of Sihon.^v

It consumed^w Ar^x of Moab,

the citizens of Arnon’s heights.^y

²⁹Woe to you, Moab!^z

You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!^a

He has given up his sons as fugitives^b

and his daughters as captives^c

to Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰“But we have overthrown them;

Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.^d

We have demolished them as far as Nophah,

which extends to Medeba.^e”